A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .

A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .